The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on ... in a papal residence 30km from Rome, will remain shut "in mourning", the Museums Directorate announced. Castel Sant’Angelo—a former ...

During the nine-day mourning period, cardinals from around the world gather in Rome and begin meeting ... Behind closed doors in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the cardinals will cast ballots ...

Once the cardinals are assembled in Rome, they gather under Michelangelo’s magnificent painted ceiling in the Sistine Chapel to begin their deliberations. The cardinals take a solemn oath of ...